Two dead after fires blaze across northwest Spain

Dramatic video released by Spain's military emergency unit shows the extent of the fires in the country's northwest that have killed at least two. Rough cut (no reporter narration).

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Firefighters from Spain's military emergency unit (UME) tackled a blaze in As Nieves late on Sunday (October 15), in a wave of fires that have killed two people in different parts of Spain's northwestern Galicia region, a Civil Guard spokeswoman said.
Firefighters found the bodies inside a burned-out vehicle on the road linking two parishes in the city of Nigran, in the province of Pontevedra.
The spokeswoman did not elaborate on the causes of the fire.
Flames also surrounded Vigo, one of the most populated cities of Galicia, where a university residence had been evacuated, the spokeswoman said.

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